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Ethan Brockmann edited this page Mar 26, 2026 · 4 revisions

y - yes

n - no

p - partial functionality or difficult to do

Feature visNetwork gMCPLite ggraph ggnetwork tikZ {tikzDevice} D3 or other JS igraph
R interface   y   y  y      y
Supports interactivity   ?  n  n       n
Export to static    y y   y      y
Reproducible code for static   y   y y       y
Manual node locations   y  y?   y      y
JavaScript dependency   n   n  n      n
Labels in node (Large nodes don't break plot)   n  n  p       n
Labels auto-placed (Small nodes with good labels)   y  y   y      n
Custom node shape   size changeable  y   y      y?
Custom edge curvature   n  y  y       y
Edge labels don't overlap   user adjustable  n  p       n
Custom edge/arrow   y  y  y       y?

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